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xVelocity is Microsoft’s (News - Alert) family of in-memory and memory-optimized data management technologies in SQL Server 2012. The first two members of this family are the two members of the xVelocity in-memory analytics engine and the xVelocity memory-optimized columnstore index feature.

With PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010, the xVelocity in-memory analytics engine is the next generation of the VertiPaq engine that was introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2.

Analyzer SaaS deployments are typically industry-specific and offer advanced Business Intelligence solutions used every day by users. Strategy Companion also offers zero-footprint support for Mobile BI on a wide range of devices, apart from supporting Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox for desktop/laptop users.

“We are pleased to announce that Analyzer now enables business users to directly access and work with SQL Server 2012 Tabular xVelocity in-memory data sources. Analyzer's advanced Business Intelligence capabilities and well-known ease of use, even for non-technical business users, combined with the performance and wide variety of data sources supported by the SQL Server 2012 Tabular model, provides a comprehensive and cost-effective Self-Service BI solution," said Bob Abernethy, SVP & GM at Strategy Companion.

Recently, the company announced that its Analyzer Business Intelligence solution now offers complete zero-footprint support for all four major web browsers: Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.

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